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Proof of Life #128: progress report #16. Introduction is done (mostly).

Hello folks, how have you been doing? I'm here to bring you another progress report, shorter as we're getting closer to the first release. To think it's been over 4 months since I started development on the game. Time really does fly by!

As I mentioned in the title, the introduction with the characters as children is mostly over. I need to test a few things here and there and add other stuff I commissioned and just received. I'm quite happy with it, although there are a lot of mechanics...

Proof of Life #127: progress report #15. Getting there.

Heya everyone, it's-a me, N_Taii! It's another PoL Monday post, and another progress report for HC3, most likely one of the last ones (progress report, I mean, not PoL posts).

I don't have a whole lot to say, so I'll keep it on the short side. Kind of.

So I have made good progress on the story, and I have reached development for the last portion of HC3's introduction. This last portion shouldn't take extremely long to develop, but there's a few other things I need to get ready bef...

Proof of Life #126: progress report #14. A little 5 minutes video.

Hey guys and gals, N_Taii here with a lilttle different PoL this time. Well, the contents are the same, but instead of a picture, I added a short video to show you a bit of the game, how to change some of the features, etc...

It's not much, and the video is really low-quality because I used a free screencap software to take it, but it'll give a better idea of what the game looks like and how it plays. It's nothing new though, but I thought it'd be nice.

Apart from that, this week ...

Proof of Life #125: progress report #13. Short one for the road.

Heya beautiful people! Here comes N_Taii, the weird duck developer, with the usual Monday PoL post meant to let you know about this past week's progress.

I haven't been able to work quite as much as usual, mainly because I encountered some issues with the character generator when making the city guards, and it took quite a bit of time to fix (all's good now, the city now has both men and women guards). Also, I spent the weekend in my family in a neighboring country. Weekends for me are ...

Proof of Life #124: progress report #12. Creating a world that feels alive.

Hey everyone, N_Taii here! You know the drill, I will now upload one of my long-awaited(?) Monday PoL post to let you know about current progress, ideas, and plans I have for/about the game.

I am now finished with the "princess part" of the prologue, where our protagonist meets and interacts for the first time with HC3's main heroine. It's a bit hard to estimate the current playtime, but I'd stay it stands at about 1 hour. If you find her a bit annoying at the start, don't worry, it's m...

Proof of Life #123: progress report #11. Prologue is hard.

Heya guys and gals, it's N_Taii again coming to you with his usual Monday PoL post. I'll probably keep this one short, because I'm itching to go back to development. Then again, every time I say it's going to be a short one, it ends up being far longer than expected. Also, I'm dropping the usual model of story, visuals, gameplay, etc...for my progress reports, as I feel it's no longer relevant.

Anyway, I am now focused on developing the story. Mostly. The prologue is probably the scarie...

Proof of Life #122: progress report #10, showcasing the Partial MC PoV

Hello guys and gals, N_Taii here, bringing you the usual POL Monday post, every time a bit later^^ Sorry about that, I kind of changed my working hours. I'll probably keep this one short. I've done quite a lot in the past week, but a good portion of it is story-related, so I can't go into too much details.

HC3's Story: I've officially started developing the story. The prologue (MC as a kid) will be split into 2 parts: some kind of short prologue to the prologue, and a f...

Proof of Life #121: progress report #9, feeling quite satisfied with what I've done : )

What is up, citizens of the world, it's ya boy, N_Taii!... 

If you haven't died from the cringe yet, you might be interested in what I have to show in this PoL.

HC3's Story: Since I'm almost in the story development phase, I've been thinking quite hard about the prologue. I initially intended to introduce each of HC3's four heroines one by one, with one whole segment dedicated to each one.

However, I feel this would make the prologue drag on for too lon...

Proof of Life #120: progress report #8, wanna check my progress by yourself?

Hey lads and ladies, I'm still out there, progressing on my own! But this time, besides the progress report, I'm adding a DL link for the current version of the game, where the maps are all accessible and you can walk around them. Keep in mind that some of these maps won't be available during the prologue, only later, so depending on how you see things, this might come as a spoiler to some. DL If you'd like : )

DL Link here: 2022-03-28 21:45:49 +0000 UTC View Post

Curiosity Poll #8: What did you think of the length of the H scenes in HC2?

Hello everyone!

I decided to make this quick curiosity poll because I was curious about something (duh). For those of you who have played HC2, did you feel the sex scenes were too short? Too long maybe? Or just right?

I've got this misconception in the back of my mind that "longer scene = better scene", which I know is mistaken, but I still feel bad when a scene is shorter than the rest, so I sometimes keep adding new stuff that might or might not be necessary. 2022-03-25 22:24:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Proof of Life #119: It's progress report #7, baby!

Heya everyone, how are you doing? No surprise in this post, I'll mostly announce what I've been up to this past week, and add a few personal thoughts in the mix.

HC3's Story: Not much actual progress. None at all actually, but I'm almost finished with the maps, which means I'll soon be able to seriously start with the story. With HC2, I had a mental draft in my head with one possible ending, and I went ahead with that, improvising lots of it along the way. This time, I'...

Proof of Life #118: Yet another progress report, #6 this time

Heya you beautiful people, N_Taii here! I'm writing yet another progress report for all my Patrons out there, so you see I'm still hard at work so I can release a first playable demo ASAP.

HC3's Story: I keep torturing myself over it in the shower. I have stated in my bucket list for HC3 that I would go for a simpler story, akin to the one in HC1. However, the more I think about the story, the characters, and the settings, and the more I find it hard to settle for somet...

Curiosity Poll #7: Would you like to see a second MC-focused PoV being implemented in HC3?

As I've mentioned in PoL #116, I've been thinking about adding a second point of view into the game. This one, as per the title, would be essentially focused on the MC and what he sees. However, this would only be a partial PoV. What I mean is that the player would still be able to hear sounds, see shadows, and spot freeroam events on the map, and witness story-related events, that the MC wouldn't be aware of. However, players choosing the MC's PoV wouldn't be able to see most scenes, keeping...

Proof of Life #117: Progress Report #5

Good morning-day-evening to y'all! Here comes N_Taii with another PoL with a highly functional and straight to the point yet boring title! To be honest, I've settled into a routine of only doing the maps until everything's done, so there isn't much to say currently.

HC3's Story: I've thought of something. Actually, someone gave me the idea to implement a system to easily find out whether a character has a freeroam event during a certain timeframe or not. The idea would ...

Proof of Life #116: Progress Report #4 (+more maps sneak peek)

Hello guys and gals, how are you doing? I'm here with the 116th PoL Monday post to give you yet another progress report on HC3, with some more ideas on how I will present the story, among other things.

HC3's Story: As usual, no actual progress as long as I'm not finished with all the maps. However, I recently had an idea on how I would present the sex scenes. I was playing this Japanese NTR game, and the game basically gave the player an option between 2 PoVs at the sta...

Proof of Life #115: Progress Report #3

Heya guys and gals, N_taii's here with a new PoL Monday post, the third episode of the progress report series!

HC3's Story: Still not a whole lot to say. Not all of the sprites are ready, and the map still needs quite a bit of work, so I won't start with the story quite yet. But I keep thinking about it as I progress with other stuff, so technically, I'm constantly working on it in my mind : )

HC3's Map: Still in the works. I've added a...

Proof of Life #114: Progress Report #2

Ahoy mates, it's me again! And I brought the usual Monday PoL post! I want to give you a bit of a summary on what I've been doing during the past week. I'll be usingl the same structure as last week, if you don't mind. : )

HC3's Story: Not started yet, but as I am developing other aspects of the game, I keep coming up with new ideas and throwing away old ones. At first, I wanted to do a relatively short sequence with the MC and the female characters as children in order...

Proof of Life #113: Progress Report #1

Heya gals and guys, N_Taii here, with a Proof of Life Monday post meant to give you an update of what I've been doing for the past week : ) Actually, that's what I've always been doing for the past PoLs as well, so that "#1" might be a bit meaningless.

HC3's Story: I haven't started it yet, as I'm missing base elements, like complete character's sprites, the map, etc... I'll start it only once I have a good base to work on, not before.

HC3's Map: ...

The last update of HC2 is now available for free!

You can find it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/61129688

And the changelog here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/61129768

Not much more to add. Everything I had to say, I did it in the text under the download link. Thank you for taking an interest in my game, and have fun! ; )

Proof of Life #112: Very Barebone 1st Build

Hello dudes and dudettes, and sorry for being late with this PoL! This one's a bit special, since it's a very early build of my upcoming game, HC3.

There isn't much to do in there but for some sightseeing around the new map. As you will see, it's not even halfway done, as I need to fill up a lot of empty space, but there's already a few things to see.

Of course, even among the things that are already there, there will be changes. For example, the ponds will be improved, a lot of s...

Proof of Life #112: News on HC3's progress - portraits, map, and some cards

Edit*: Added HC2's Neve's portraits for comparison. I chose Neve since she's also a high elf.

Heya everyone, it's N_Taii back from his vacation-that-was-not-really-a-vacation, but whatever, I've got some news on HC3's progress.

First of all, the portraits for the 3rd character are now done. This time, I decided to include all of them so you have an idea of what portraits I have so far.

In order: Annoyed - Normal - Ahegao1 - Ahegao2 - Angry

  ...

Update 16 accessible to 5$+ tier!

Update 15

Link to Update 16 5$+ version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/61129688

Link to Changelog of Update 16 (Public): https://www.patreon.com/posts/61129768 

Enjoy!

Proof of Life #111: (Public) Current State of HC3

Uploaded: 17.01.2022, Updated: 01.02.2022 (new portraits, added more cards)

Heya everyone! It's not been so long since I last posted, but here I am again, because it's Monday, and Mondays are for PoL posts!

This one will be a pinned public post, because this is where you'll be able to download the PDF file to have a recap of all the assets and info I have posted about HC3 so far, as well as some new stuff (link above). I'll update it as I go. One ...

HC2 Update 16 Changelog

Misc.

-Added a skip button for introduction or prologue (All of Noah’s childhood)

-Reworked the tutorial to make it more understandable and easier to the eyes

New content

-Added the entire True Ending

-Added some new content for already existing endings:

NTR Ending: -one more scene with Aywin, Celis and Edwyr

-one ending sequence

Revenge Ending: -short confrontation s...

HC2: Update 16(final) is finally out! (Public ver.)

Changelog: https://www.patreon.com/posts/61129768

Hello everyone!

There we are, uh? The last of the last, the final update of HC2. It’s been a wild ride. Too long for some, too short for others, but a fun one for me (and for you as well, I hope)!

I cannot thank you enough for all the support you’ve given me throughout the months. Not only financial support, wh...

HC2: Update 16(final) is finally out! (20$+ ver.)

Changelog:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/61129768

Hello everyone!

There we are, uh? The last of the last, the final update of HC2. It’s been a wild ride. Too long for some, too short for others, but a fun one for me (and for you as well, I hope)!

I cannot thank you enough for all the support you’ve given me throughout the months. Not only financial suppo...

Proof of Life #110: Almost There

Heya guys and gals, it's me, N_Taii, and I'm here with what will most likely be the last PoL post containing news of the development of HC2. It will feel weird not to talk about it anymore.

About HC2's development

I'm over halfway done with the extra scene. I did some shadow/silhouette animations for it, and while they might not look like it, those take an awful amount of time. After I have finished the scene, I still need to test it, fix and test a few other th...

Proof of Life #109: Let's Raise our Glasses to yet Another Year!

Heya guys and gals, N_Taii here with another post, the first of 2022! Happy new year to everyone! 

About HC2's development

Working on it. It's about all I can say really^^

I had originally planned 3 more scenes, one for each already existing ending, but I forgot about the extra scene I had promised as well, which will give me slightly more work.

For now, I have done all 3 scenes, and have almost finished developing 1 out of 3 small story additions...

Proof of Life #108: Adding More Stuff

Hey everyone, hope you had a great Christmas! I don't have much to offer in the way of presents, but please make do with this Monday PoL for now : )

About HC2's development

Because of Christmas and some other stuff, I couldn't work as much as usual during the past week. Still, I was able to add one short confrontation scene with Aywin for the revenge ending, another scene for the NTR ending, and I am currently in the process of adding one more scene for the happ...

Proof of Life #107: More additions to HC2 + Rough Sketch for 4th(and last) HC3 Character

Heya guys and gals, N_taii here. It's the last Monday PoL before Christmas! I don't know how many of you are celebrating it, but I have to say I'm pretty excited : )

About HC2's development

So far, I have greatly improved the tutorial text to make it more intuitive, as well as added a skip button for either the intro or the intro + the prologue (skip all of Noah's childhood).

I have also added a new cutscene to finish the non-NTR ending on a happy note. I ...